USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As a result, the settlers in New Netherland were a diverse group. Among them were Germans, Scandinavians, French, Scots, English, Irish, Jews, Italians, and Croats. Although not all settlers were Dutch, they all lived under Dutch rule.

Detailed explanation-2: -The inhabitants of New Netherland were European colonists, Native Americans, and Africans imported as slave laborers. Not including Native Americans, the colonial population, many of whom were not of Dutch descent, was 1, 500 to 2, 000 in 1650, and 8, 000 to 9, 000 at the time of transfer to England in 1674.

Detailed explanation-3: -The colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624 and grew to encompass all of present-day New York City and parts of Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey. A successful Dutch settlement in the colony grew up on the southern tip of Manhattan Island and was christened New Amsterdam.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most were farmers; others were bakers, shipbuilders, millers, shopkeepers, tailors, brewers, butchers, carpenters, wheelwrights, blacksmiths, coopers, and school teachers. But almost everyone traded in furs. The colonists of New Netherland rarely used coins to buy goods and services.

Detailed explanation-5: -New Amsterdam became the seat of New Netherland government. In the fifty-five years that followed, the Dutch colony drew immigrants from all over Europe as it developed socially, and politically, and economically, offering a strategic point for trade.